It is recorded somewhere that hindus in Goa are different from the hindus in bharat. ie they have a more Catholic leaning. I agree with Parrikar that hindusim is a culture. I think Helekar's month's of research on the subject that hindusim is religion has been crapped. Back to the birds mate. BC A Conversation With: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
By SAMBUDDHA MITRA MUSTAFI PHOTO: Manohar Parrikar, chief minister of Goa, speaking at the closing ceremony of the 43rd International Film Festival of India in Panaji, Goa, on Nov. 30, 2012. Pollsters and analysts have been talking about the increasing chances of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) emerging as the single largest party in India's 2014 national elections, but falling short of the total number of parliamentary seats needed to form a government. The B.J.P.'s de-facto prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is controversial and unacceptable to many of India's regional parties, whose support will be crucial to the B.J.P. in forming the next government. Even within the B.J.P. several leaders have been harboring the ambition to replace Mr. Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate. Among them is Manohar Parrikar, the B.J.P. chief minister of the coastal state of Goa.
